[en] Design fixation is a phenomenon that negatively impacts design outcomes,
especially when it occurs during the ideation stage of a design process.
This study expands our understanding of design fixation by presenting a
review of de-fixation approaches, as well as metrics employed to understand
and account for design fixation. The study then explores the relevant
ideation approach of Design-by-Analogy (DbA) to overcome design fixation,
with a fixation experiment of 73 knowledge-domain experts. The
study provides a design fixation framework and constitutes a genuine contribution
to effectively identify approaches to mitigate design fixation in a
wide range of design problems.
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Moreno Grandas, Diana Paola ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit ; Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT
Yang, Maria C.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT
Hernandez, Alberto A.; Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - ITESM
Linsey, Julie S.; Georgia Institute of Technology > George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Wood, Kristin L.; Singapore University of Technology and Design - SUTD > Engineering & Product Development (EPD), SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC)
Language :
English
Title :
A Step Beyond to Overcome Design Fixation: A Design-by-Analogy Approach
Publication date :
June 2014
Event name :
Fifth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition DCC14
